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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9093984" data-attributes="member: 58172">Something like that.All Bards should cast via Verbal voice. But some classes use Somatic dance or Material instrument instead.I can see Ranger only using Material components, like herbal balms and snake venom, the magical properties inherent in nature.Wizard using all three, VSM? Maybe, but the reliance on a Material component often contradicts the feel of being innately magical. Maybe the Wizard can choose which method of spellcasting they want? Add a Psionic component that emphasizes a mental requirement, and I am all in. Maybe choose any two out of the four: VSMP? So Harry Potter concepts use Verbal and Wand, ritual concepts use Somatic and Material, innate concepts use Psionic and Verbal.In any case, the VSM needs to disappear from the spell description. Various classes already have their own methods that ignores VSM descriptions. The costly components serve no consistent gaming purpose. Spell focuses like wand or holy symbol make the Material description moot anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9093984, member: 58172"] Something like that. All Bards should cast via Verbal voice. But some classes use Somatic dance or Material instrument instead. I can see Ranger only using Material components, like herbal balms and snake venom, the magical properties inherent in nature. Wizard using all three, VSM? Maybe, but the reliance on a Material component often contradicts the feel of being innately magical. Maybe the Wizard can choose which method of spellcasting they want? Add a Psionic component that emphasizes a mental requirement, and I am all in. Maybe choose any two out of the four: VSMP? So Harry Potter concepts use Verbal and Wand, ritual concepts use Somatic and Material, innate concepts use Psionic and Verbal. In any case, the VSM needs to disappear from the spell description. Various classes already have their own methods that ignores VSM descriptions. The costly components serve no consistent gaming purpose. Spell focuses like wand or holy symbol make the Material description moot anyway. [/QUOTE]

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